Where Do Sonnets Come from?
A 14-Line Poem with a Variable Rhyme Scheme Originating in Italy and Brought to England by Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey in the 16Th...
A 14-line poem with a variable rhyme scheme originating in Italy and brought to England by Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, earl of Surrey in the 16th century.
Where are sonnets originally from?
The form seems to have originated in the 13th century among the Sicilian school of court poets, who were influenced by the love poetry of Provençal troubadours. From there it spread to Tuscany, where it reached its highest expression in the 14th century in the poems of Petrarch.
What makes a sonnet?
Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization. The name is taken from the Italian sonetto, which means "a little sound or song."
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